Machine for sizing, cutting, and marking candy material or other commodities.



No. 873,832. PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907.

A. H. BARTLETT. CUTTING, AND MARKING CANDY MATERIAL OR OTHER COMMODITIES.

MACHINE FOR SIZING APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21,1906.

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No. 873,832 PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907.

A. H. BARTLETT. MACHINE FOR SIZING, CUTTING, AND MARKING CANDY MATERIAL OR OTHER COMMODITIES.

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ALBERT H. BARTLETT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR SIZING, CUTTING, AND MARKING CANDY MATERIAL OR OTHER COMMODITIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 190'7e Application filed June 21. 1906- Serial No. 322.736.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. BARTLETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buflalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Sizing, Cutting, and Marking Candy Material or other Commodities, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for sizing, cutting and marking of candy material or other commodities.

One object of the invention is to provide a machine for the purposes stated embodying such characteristics that candy material may be fed therethrough and automatically cut into blocks, chips or the like in uniform size or whereby it may be marked instead of out.

Another obj eot resides in the provision of a machine of the character stated whereby candy or other material may be fed therethrough in various widths and cut or marked in various lengths.

A still further object resides in a machine of the nature stated so constructed and arranged that the candy or other material may be fed therethrough without stretching and provided with means for forcing the material through the machine and cooperating with means to exert a pulling action upon the material; that is, to pull it bodily without stretching the same.

It is still further designed to provide a machine embodying simplicity, inexpensiveness, durability and efiiciency.

With the above, and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combi nation and arrangement of parts hereinafter more particularly referred to, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, size and materials without departing from the s irit or sacrificing any of the advantages o the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation Fig. 3 is a rear elevation; and Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating solely one form of means for operating the machine by power.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference characacters 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 indicate upper and lower side sills, respectively. The upper side sills are connected at their ends by the cross-pieces 5 and 6, while the lower side sills are connected at their ends by the cross pieces 7 and 8. The upper and lower sills are held in spaced relation by pairs of spaced uprights, the character 9 indicating the front pairs of s aced uprights and 10 the rear pairs of space uprights.

The above-mentioned frame is designed to support the mechanism of the machine and the frame itself may be supported in any suitable manner.

One of the elements of the machine is a trough 11 through which the candy or other commodity is fed. This trough may be supported upon one side of the frame in any suitable manner and the commodityis fed thereto by way of the apron 12 and discharged therefrom by way of the apron 13. This trough has slots 14 in its bottom as has also the foot portion 15 of the side 16 of the trough, said slots coo erating with the set screws 17 to permit of an adjustment of the side 16 of the trough toward and away from the opposite side thereof, thereby providing for the widening or narrowing of the trough according to the desired width of the commodity to be operated upon. The bottom of this trough 11 is also provided with a forward opening 18 and a rear opening 19 for a purpose presently ex lained.

l ounted in the rear of the machine above the feed trough is a transverse shaft 20 which is supported in the journal boxes 21 disposed for sliding movement vertically between the pairs of spaced uprights 10. This shaft 20 projects at both ends beyond the journal boxes 21 and the shaft and boxes may be adjusted vertically by the screws 22 and 23 passed through the rear upper crosspiece 6 and connected with the corresponding boxes. Disposed upon one projecting end of this shaft 20 is a cutting and marking wheel 24 designed to rotate with the shaft in alinement with the feed trough and directly over the aforesaid rear opening 19 of the trough. This cutting and marking wheel 24 has a series of cutting or marking blades 25 detachably or otherwise connected to its peripheryin spaced relation. By reason of the adjusting screws 22 and 23 the wheel may be so disposed as to cause its blades to cut entirely through the commodity or simply mark the same. In any event, the blades of the cutting and marking wheel cooperate with a loosely mounted roller 26 disposed upon the shaft 27 directly beneath the said opening 19 of the feed trough. This roller has its periphery arranged to play evenly with the bottom of the feed trough and as the cutting and marking wheel rotates, the wheel and roller exert a pulling action upon the commodity to prevent stretching of the commodity and insure the proper cutting or marking of the goods or commodity in pieces of the same length; hence, this loosely mounted roller may be termed an auxiliary feeding means.

The main feeding means consists principally of two rollers 28 and 29 arranged one above the other and in alinement with the aforesaid forward opening 18 of the feed trough. As the candy material or other commodity is fed up the apron 12 and into the trough the feeding rollers take such action thereupon as to force the same through the trough. To insure proper feedmg 1t is preferred to corrugate the periphery of the lower feed roll 29. These feed rollers ahne with the cutting and marking wheel, and. therefore, they are mounted outwardly of the aforesaid frame. As shown the upper feed roller is mounted upon a transverse shaft 30 while the lower, corrugated feed roller is mounted upon another transverse shaft 31. These shafts 30 and 31 project not only beyond one side of the frame but beyond both sides thereof and each is preferably arranged in alinement with the space therebetween the front pairs of spaced uprlghts. The shaft 30 is mounted in suitable journal boxes 32 with which are connected the screws 33 and 34 to permit of a yertical adjustment of the feed roller 28 and its shaft, as well understood.

My machine may be operated either manually or by motor power as will be hereinafter explained. In any event, there is disposed upon the projecting end of the transverse shaft 20 opposite the aforesaid projecting end of the shaft, a large gear wheel 35. This large gear wheel 35 has openings 36 formed 1n it to lighten the same and it also has an opening 37 in which may be fitteda handle (not shown) to permit of operation of the machlne by hand, and as the gear wheel is revolved or rotated the cutting and marking wheel is also rotated, as are. also the main feed rollers 28 and 29 and the auxiliary feedlng roller. To rotate the main feeding rollers simultaneously with the other elements, as just stated, I dispose upon the feeding roller shafts 30 and 31., the gear wheels 38 and 39 which mesh with each other and which have communication with the gear 40 arranged above the gear 38 to mesh therewith and with the large gear 35. Since the gear 38 and its shaft 30 may be raised and lowered, the gear 40 must be so mounted as to move with the movement of the gear 38. I therefore pivotally connect two arms 41 to the main transverse shaft 20, one upon each side of the large gear 35, and loosely connect the outer ends of the arms 41 with the shaft 42 upon which the gear 40 is mounted to rotate. Two links 43 connect the shaft 42 of the gear 40 with the shaft 30 upon which latter the gear 38 is mounted, there being one link upon each side of the gears. Idler gears 44 and 45 are arranged opposite the gears 38 and 39, respectively, as shown. The gear 44 meshes with the gear 38 and the gear 45 meshes with the gear 39 and thesegears 44 and 45 may be moved according to the adjustment of the gears 35, 38 and 40 by reason of the fact that there is a link 46 connecting the shaft 30 and the shaft 47 upon which the gear 44 is mounted upon each side of the gears, while there is a link upon each side of the idler gears, as at 48, which loosely connect the respective shafts of the idler gears.

I do not limit myselfto any particular means for driving my machine by power, but one form of such means may reside in the mounting of a pulley 49 upon the main transverse shaft 20, with which a belt 50 may be connected and having connection with any suitable power (not shown). Another means may reside in locating a worm gear 51 for mesh with the large gear wheel 35, as shown inFig. 4. Obviously, other driving means could be mentioned, but it is thought entirely unnecessary in view of the foregoing and the nature of the appended claims.

If desired the cutting knives of the cutting and marking wheel may be moved toward or away from one another to permit of the cutting or marking of the candy or other commodity into different lengths, and, if preferred, other cutting and marking wheels may be substituted for the one herein shown and. described.

In the use of the machine which may be of a very large size or so constructed as to be regarded as portable, the candy or other commodity is taken when warm and soft enough to stretch and fed into the main feed rollers 38 and 39 which cause it to move along the trough toward the rear end thereof where it is either cut into blocks, chips or the like or merely marked into blocks, chips or the like of uniform size, the auxiliary roller cooperating with the cutting and marking roller to pull the goods through the machine without stretching the same. Since I arrange the trough for adjustment with re spect to its width, the candy material may be varied as regards the width of same as it is thought that illustration of this latter means of mounting the machine is entirely unnecessary.

It is to be understood that while the machine pertains particularly to use in connection with candy that it is equally applicable for use in other connections, such for instance, as the marking and cutting of dough material.

hat is claimed is:

1. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, a trough mounted upon the frame, upper and lower feed roller shafts, a feed roller mounted upon the corresponding ends of each of said shafts, a gear wheel mounted upon the opposite end of each of said shafts, another shaft, a combined cutting and marking wheel mounted upon one end of the last mentioned shaft, the wheel and the aforesaid rollers being arranged in alinement with the trough, a gear wheel mounted upon the end of the last mentioned shaft opposite the end upon which said wheel is mounted, the gear wheels of said roller shafts being in mesh, and a gear wheel .interposed between the said roller gears and the gear of the cutting and marking wheel shaft.

2. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, a trough mounted upon the frame, a shaft arranged transversely of the frame beneath the trough, the latter having an opening above said shaft, a feed roller carried at one end of the shaft whose periphery works in said opening, a gear wheel carried by the opposite end of said shaft, a second shaft mounted above the aforesaid shaft in alinement with the latter, a feed roller carried at one end of the second shaft for disposition in the trough to cooperate with the aforesaid roller, a gear wheel carried at the opposite end of the second shaft for mesh with the aforesaid gear wheel, idler gears meshing with each other and the aforesaid gears, a third transverse shaft, a gear carried at one end of the third shaft, an intermediate gear meshing with the gears of the second and third shafts, a combined cutting and marking wheel mounted at one end of the third'shaft to operate upon the material passed through the trough, and a roller cooperating with the combined cutting and marking wheel to pull the material through the trough.

3. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, a trough mounted upon the frame, a shaft arranged transversely of the frame beneath the trough, the latter having an opening above said shaft, a feed roller carried at one end of the shaft and whose periphery works in said opening, a gear wheel carried by the opposite end of said shaft, a second shaft mounted above the aforesaid shaft and in alinement therewith, a feed roller carried at one end of the second shaft for cooperation with the aforesaid other and the aforesaid gears, a third transverse shaft, a gear carried at one end of the third shaft, an'intermediate gear meshing with the gears of the second and third shafts, a combined cutting and marking wheel mounted at one end of the third shaft to operate upon the material passed through the trough, means for adjusting the third shaft toward and away from the trough, a roller cooperating with the combined cutting and marking wheel to pull the material through the trough, and means for setting said gears in operation.

4. A portable machine of the character described comprising a frame, a troughmounted upon the frame,'a shaft beneath the trough, the latter having an opening above said shaft, a feed roller carried at one end of the shaft whose periphery works in said opening, a gear wheel carried at the opposite end of said shaft, a second shaft mounted above the aforesaid shaft in alinement therewith, a feed roller carried at one end of the second shaft for cooperation with the aforesaid roller, a gear wheel carried at the opposite end of the second shaft for mesh with the aforesaid gear wheel, a third transverse shaft, a gear carried at one end of the third shaft, an intermediate gear meshing with the gears of the second and third shafts, a combined cutting and marking wheel mounted at one end of the third shaft to operate upon the material passed through the trough, said trough having a second opening, a roller loosely mounted in the frame beneath the second mentioned opening of the troughoperable by the combined cutting and marking wheel to rotate it and pull the material through the trough, and means whereby the gears may be set in operation. 1

5. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, a trough mounted upon the frame, the trough having an opening at each end, means arranged adjacent one of the openings for operation to force the material through the trough, a combined cutting and marking member for operation upon the material in its passage through the trough, and an independent roller mounted adjacent the other of said openings for operation by and cooperation with the combined marking and cutting wheel to pull the material through the trough.

6. A machine of the character described comprising a trough including a fixed-and an adjustable side, the bottom having slots near one edge, the adjustable side having a foot provided with slots for alinement with the slots of the bottom of the trough, and means 70 first shaft, idler gears meshing with each passed through the slots constructed and arranged whereby the adjustable side may be held in its different positions with respect to the fixed side of the trough.

7. A machine of the character described comprising a fixed trough including sides, the trough having an opening in its bottom near each end, means cooperating with the trough at one of said openings to force the material through the trough, a combined cutting and marking member arranged over the other of said openings to operate upon the material, and an independent loosely mounted roller arranged beneath the combined cutting and marking member to cooperate with the latter to pull the material through the trough 8. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, a trough mounted upon the frame, upper and lower feed roller shafts, a feed roller mounted upon corresponding ends of each of said shafts, a gear wheel mounted upon the opposite end of each of said shafts, a combined cutting and marking wheel mounted on one end of said shaft, the wheel and aforesaid rollers being arranged in alinement with the trough, a gear wheel mounted upon the end of the shaft opposite the end upon which the wheel is mounted, the gear wheels of the feed roller shaft being in mesh, a gear wheel interposed between the 9. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, a trough mounted upon the frame, upper and lower feed roller shafts, a feed roller mounted upon corresponding ends of each of said shafts, a gear wheel mounted upon the opposite end of each of said shafts, a combined cutting and marking wheel shaft, a combined cutting and marking wheel mounted upon one end of said shaft, the wheel and aforesaid rollers being arranged in alinement with the trough, a gear wheel mounted upon the end of the shaft opposite the end upon which the wheel is mounted, the gear wheels of the feed roller shaft being in mesh, a gear wheel interposed between the said roller shaft gears and the gear of the cutting and marking wheel shaft, idler gears in mesh with each other and the feed roller shaft gears, and means for operating the gears.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT H. BARTLETT.

Witnesses:

HIRAM D. INGEnsoLL, Row. C. CORNETT. 

